Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-13

The large buildings necessary to the &C.
tive operation of the Warwick China Com
pany, en- Water street, South Side, are
rapidly nearing completion. On the south
building, which is about forty by seventy
feet in size and two stories high, the walls
are completed, ready for the roof, while
the building to the north of the old furni-
ture factory edifces is making very good
progress, and will soon be up to the roof
line. The management has shown great
energy in getting the plant ready for active
operations, and are to be congratulated
upon the good luck they have 80 far bad.
Work on the Electrical railway is going
on very nicely at present. The track has
been laid down from Tweuty-fourth street
to a point north of Twenty-second street,
and a large amount Of grading has been
done.
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The brick work on the new First ward
school house is completed, and some OF the
ro~of-trusses have been placed in position.
The plan of the building can now be well
seen by visitors, and all who have inspect
ed the house agree that it is the model
school edifce and far exceeds anything
heretofore contracted for by the Board of
Education.
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A large force of carpenters are bard at
work on the addition to the Ohio River
freight depot, at the foot Of Fourteenth
street, and a good portion of the frame tim
bers are in position. The building will
almost double the capacity Of the depot,
and will give the company some very much
needed room to handle the constantly in
creasing volume Of business.
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A large force is hard al..work on the new
buildings of the LaBelle glass works, OH
the Ohio side Of the river, and the COM
pany is going to have very large and con-
venient quarters when the plant is once
more in operation. 1t is hoped to have the
buildings rooted in by the first of the year.
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Manufacturers are still complaining of
the scarcity o Unnatural gas, and the incen.
venience is becoming a serious one. At
the Riverside tube works night work has
to he done, as the supply of gas is Insult.
cient in daylight, and the works is being
kept on single turn, when the press Of Or
ders demands double turn to keep up with
the demand for stee, pipe.
The building season has about reached
its legitimate eud for this year, but still
operations are pretty lively, and quite a
number Of dwellings and business houses
are being finished, while = sufficient num-
Der are in an incomplete state inside to in.
sure work 10 a large number OF carpenters
Tor some time to come. Members OF this
trade look with considerable satisfaction
upon the record OF the past summer, and
agree that the coming year is equally full
of promise.
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Painters, too, are very we'll satisfied
with the seasons work. They have all
been kept rs busy as bees, and IN numer
our instances parties with work to be done
have had to wait for a chauca opening TO
get men.
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In fact, there is but one thing lacking To
make the skilled workers of the city more
prosperous than ever before, aud that is
the unsettled and unsatisfactory condition
OF the nail trade. Were the factories run.
ming full time and steadily, we would be
in fine shape. Still the general situation
is such that our people can give thanks with
a clear conscience.
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The Board of Public Works contingent
fund is running very low, and the force of
men at work on the streets has suffered q
very decided reduction. Out of sixty
some men, but seven were left yesterday
afternoon, these finishing up two or three
little repair jobs demanding immediate at
%tention. There will be very little work
done until the beginning of the new year.
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Indications now point to another adj
vance in the entire lists of butt.weld and
lap-weld wrought-iron pipe. A meeting
will be held by the Wrought-Iron Tube
Manufacturing Association about the 18th
10 decide ON this. There is a considerable
stiffening in prices. and the demand is
steadily on the increase. In smaller pipe,
such as hslf.inch, there has been aim ost a
famine, and II commands its own price.
The reason given for this is that the large
works have been turning their attention
in a great degree exclusively to the manu-
facture Of pipe suitable for natural gas
mains.
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Work on the New Cumberland branch
of tie Panhandle railroad has been about
completed, and it is expected the road will
be opened for freight shipments during the
coming week, and for passenger traffic by
TIC hisb VI Al SohbhhS mobbu' LUG IOdu
will be q great convenience to the people
in the upper end Of the Pan Handle.
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The Pittsburgh Tines of yesterday says
the difficulty between the manufacturers
and workmen in the flint glass business
may be regarded az ended. The contracts
Of the manufacturers for the holiday trade
are untitled, and many Of them have large
sums at stake. On the other hand, the
workmeu, although we'll prepared for a
strike in point of funds, do not think it
e~xpedient in the busiest season Of the year
to stop the trade. They have eonse-
quently withdrawn the notice Of stop
page on the 25th inst. A meeting will
take place between the committees within
q few days, and through the concessions
On both sides it ia expected an understand
ing will be arrived at which will set at rest
all the pressed glass trade trouble. II no
agreement should be reached no strike or